T and A: #1 Benefit of Public Schools
January 29, 2023
I’ve no doubt raised a few eyebrows with the title of this post. Get your mind out of the gutter people, I’m talking about transparency and accountability! Let me be clear…I believe America’s public schools are what made our country great. They ensured all children had the opportunity to learn and they coalesced our communities
Political Calendar: Week of January 29, 2023
January 29, 2023
Send notices of your events to blogforarizona@gmail.com. Editor’s Note: Due to the covid-19 coronavirus pandemic and CDC recommendations for social distancing, many events are still being held virtually online. We are doing our best to update the calendar, but you should check with event organizers prior to attending any event to confirm the status. Political
Arizona GOP’s Latest Strategy: If You Can’t Beat ‘Em, Delete ‘Em
January 28, 2023
Well, well, well, it looks like the Arizona Republican Party has found a new way to outdo itself in the realm of shady behavior. The recent decision to allow state lawmakers to purge emails after 90 days and destroy text messages in a hot minute is nothing short of an insidious new strategy for further
Continuously Updating Post: Yolanda Bejarano Is Elected ADP Chairperson
January 28, 2023
With a more than sufficient quorum of 624 voting members present of 744 eligible statewide, the ADP State Committee reorganizing meeting elected Yolanda Bejarano as the new ADP Chair for a 2-year term, to lead Democrats through the ’24 cycle. The vote was 186 for Gallardo, and 440 for Bejarano. Congratulations, Yoli! Many have seen
Arizona Democrats React to Extremist Republicans Threatening Children’s Public School Education
January 27, 2023
Arizona Legislative Democrats and Pro-Public Education State Advocates have just about had enough of the bull fecal matter coming from the extremist wing of the Arizona Republican Party when it comes to the matter of suspending the Aggregate Expenditure Limit (AEL) so traditional public schools (charter public ones are exempt) can spend the money promised them in.
Chairman Livingston Threatens to Take Disabled Kids’ Existing Vouchers Hostage Against a Possible Line-Item Veto of New Universal Vouchers
January 27, 2023
Chairing the Joint Appropriation Committee on Jan 17th, GOP AZ Rep. Livingston makes completely clear the AZGOP Cuaucus’s intention to hold the old voucher program for disabled kids hostage to Governor Hobbs’s potential line-item veto of their pet universal vouchers, which benefit mainly wealthy elite private school-attending constituents getting a huge rebate on their massive
The AZGOP’s Resolutions Show They Haven’t Learned Anything From Losing
January 27, 2023
Looking at the resolutions of the AZGOP put up for adoption at their organizing meeting for 2023, one could be forgiven for concluding that they haven’t learned shit from their string of electoral failures in Arizona. In fact, it seems that the lesson they learned was that they didn’t believe their own bullshit forcefully enough.
What the Hell is Happening at PimaGOP?
January 27, 2023
I recently noticed this newsletter from Pima GOP. [underline emphasis added, bold in original.] Your Pima County Republican Party, Legislative District’s Executive Committees, and volunteers are diligently working to reorganize headquarters, replace and upgrade computers and printers, and rebuild the Pima County Republican Party website (www.pimagop.org) and social media platforms for a fresh start. Stay
